England win toss, send Australia to bat first

Sports Desk: England skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and invited Australia to bat first in today's match of the World Cup at Lord's known as Mecca of Cricket.

England are playing today with an unchanged XI while Australia make two changes, with Jason Behrendorff replacing Nathan Coulter-Nile and Nathan Lyon getting a game in place of Adam Zampa.

Australia XIs: 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 David Warner, 3 Usman Khawaja, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Jason Behrendorff, 9 Pat Cummins, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 Nathan Lyon

England XIs: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 James Vince, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Mark Wood


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